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Know everything. Facts about the Fritz Hansen egg chair

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Fashion works in cycles, so they say, and for the most part, this is true. In fact, Europe is currently experiencing a resurgence of the fashion in the 80's. And it is a wait for sometime before those fleece jackets of the nineties comes around again. Similar fashion cycles are responsible for influencing furniture and interior design. And the best example is none other than the Fritz Hansen Egg Chair. But, in these cases, the cycles are slightly less predictable. A look at the transition phase The past two decades have seen the furniture industry dominated by 1960s inspired minimalistic designs. • Carpets got replaced by bare floorboards • Traditional wooden dining chairs got outrun by sculpted modern plastics, and • Sharp angles got replaced by soft edges Now, this cycle, as with all others, seems to be coming to its natural end. Thus, whichever fashion replaces it; it will only lead to reiterated versions of furniture from the past days. Knowing t